The Finance Minister is "running away from accounting for the government's expenditure on Covid-19," according to the Majority Leader.
No one should propagate such charges, according to Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu.
The defense of the Suame MP comes after the Finance Minister's inability to appear before the House on Thursday, June 16, to answer 16 questions concerning his Ministry's actions.
However, in response to concerns raised by the Minority, the government's business leader urged that the Minister come before the House on Wednesday, June 22.
"The Minister is not avoiding responsibility." So don't jump to that conclusion. He isn't trying to avoid responsibility. What he has expressed to us, and he has merely requested more time."
Meanwhile, Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has decided that the House would not accept any requests from the Finance Ministry until Ken Ofori-Atta goes before the House to account for Covid-19 spending and to address MPs' queries.
Mr. Alban Bagbin, addressing on the House floor on Thursday, stated that the Minister must appear before the House or face the Finance Ministry rejecting requests.
"I'll go even farther and say that we won't move that motion until we have an explanation, unless he goes through the accountability process...
He has another request for us today, which will also be impacted. "Until he responds to the query and submits the declaration explaining how that money was obtained," We shall not accept any business from that Ministry as a result of the application. Bagbin said, "Mark my words."
The development infuriated the Minority MPs, who accused Mr. Ofori-Atta of disrespecting the House.
Mr Ofori-inability Atta's to come before the House on Thursday to answer for the government's Covid-19 expenditure is clear evidence that he is unfit for the job he holds, according to Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, a ranking member of Parliament's Health Committee.
"It's in his nature, so I'm not shocked. There are many lingering issues for the Minister of Finance, and he occasionally fails to come up at the last minute.
"In any other jurisdiction, the President would have sacked this man long ago." He's a great guy. He is not being fired by the President because he is protecting the President's parochial interests."
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